MnGaFeCo

High-Entropy Materials HEA

MP-ID: mp-999552 · Space group: F-43m (#216)

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Basic Information

Formula

MnGaFeCo

MP-ID

mp-999552

Elements

Sites

Density

8.5154

g/cm³

Volume

46.69

Å³

Cell a

4.0419

Cell b

4.0419

Cell c

4.0419

α Angle

60.00

β Angle

60.00

γ Angle

60.00

Space Group

F-43m

Point Group

-43m

Crystal System

Cubic

Bravais Lattice

Stability

Packing Fraction

0.7405

X-ray Diffraction

Diffraction Pattern

Target / Radiation

X-axis: 2θ (°); Y-axis: relative intensity; Cu Kα ; λ=1.5418 Å

Diffraction Peaks (Top 4)

2θ	d (Å)	I	hkl
27.02	3.3002	1.2	(1,1,1)
44.85	2.0209	100.0	(2,1,1)
65.30	1.4290	15.0	(2,2,0)
82.71	1.1668	29.4	(3,1,0)

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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom

-0.12804

eV/atom

Energy/atom

-7.07643

eV/atom

Energy above Hull

0.0442

eV/atom

Uncorrected Energy

-7.0764

eV/atom

Volume/atom

11.67

Å³

c/a Ratio

1.0000

Electronic Properties

Metallic

Metal

Band Gap

Direct Gap

CBM

N/A

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic

Yes

Total Mag. Moment

3.0204

μB

Mag. Ordering

FiM

Mag. Sites

Magnetization/Volume

0.064690

μB/Å³

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

Element Composition (atomic fraction)

Composition Info

Major / Matrix Element

Mn · 0.250

Element Family

3d-TM

Solute Fraction

0.750

Interstitial Fraction

0.000

High-Entropy Alloy Features

Composite Radar (normalized)

Element-Class Share

Mix Entropy ΔS/R

1.3863

HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)

Mix Entropy ΔS

11.5257

J/mol·K

Ω Parameter

28.9907

Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution

Atomic Size Mismatch δr

3.088%

δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution

Electronegativity Diff Δχ

0.1281

smaller = more stable mixing

VEC

6.750

valence electron concentration, affects phase stability

Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix

-0.537

kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing

Entropy Norm

1.0000

SS Former

Phase Tendency

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (5)

aaacirex aaadwkqo aaadxylo aaaettfx aaafcniz

Citation & References

Materials Project Page

https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-999552

Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of MnGaFeCo were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-999552, database version v2026.04.13).

Literature Citation

Horton, M.K., Huck, P., Yang, R.X. et al. Accelerated data-driven materials science with the Materials Project. Nat. Mater. 24, 1522–1532 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02272-0

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Raw CIF Data

# generated using pymatgen
data_MnGaFeCo
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.04188883
_cell_length_b   4.04188883
_cell_length_c   4.04188883
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MnGaFeCo
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mn1 Ga1 Fe1 Co1'
_cell_volume   46.69152888
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Mn  Mn0  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Ga  Ga1  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Fe  Fe2  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1.0
  Co  Co3  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0

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